On the 19th, Japan's Kyodo News quoted several relevant sources as reporting that the Japanese government plans to extend the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatch period in the Middle East by one year until November next year. The report said that the Japanese government believes that piracy cases in the Middle East are on the rise, and that the situation in the Middle East region is tense, so it has decided to extend the time for dispatching the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The Japanese government plans to hold a cabinet meeting in the near future to make a decision on this.

On the 19th, Japan's Kyodo News quoted several relevant sources as reporting that the Japanese government plans to extend the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force dispatch period in the Middle East by one year until November next year. The report said that the Japanese government believes that piracy cases in the Middle East are on the rise, and that the situation in the Middle East region is tense, so it has decided to extend the time for dispatching the Maritime Self-Defense Force. The Japanese government plans to hold a cabinet meeting in the near future to make a decision on this.